Dawn Carpenter, CPM^®, is the 2025 IREM President. She’s broker-owner of Dawning Real Estate Inc. AMO^®, in Staten Island, NY.

A CPM^® since 2002 and a REALTOR^® for more than 20 years, Carpenter is actively involved in IREM and served on its 2018 Legislative Policy Committee and Federal Housing Advisory Board. She’s a past chair of the Ethics Inquiry Board and Ethics Committee. Carpenter’s a past president of the IREM Greater New York chapter and was their CPM^® of the Year in 2008.

In addition, Carpenter’s a past president of the Staten Island Board of REALTORS^® (SIBOR), and past chair of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service. She’s served on, or chaired, numerous local board committees and served on the SIBOR board of directors for many years. She was recognized as SIBOR's REALTOR^® of the Year in 2008.

At the state level, Carpenter was the 2017 president of the New York Association of Realtors^®; the first CPM^® to serve New York State in that capacity. She chaired the REALTORS^® Political Action Committee (RPAC) Trustees, and the Organizational Planning Committee. She’s served on numerous other NYSAR committees including legal action, legislative policy and professional standards steering. Carpenter has also served on the NYSAR Board of Directors and executive committee for several years. She was named the association's REALTOR^® of the Year in 2011.

At the national level, Carpenter has served as a National Association of REALTORS^® director and as a member of the Commercial Committee and the Federal Technology Policy Advisory Board. She served as chair of the Property Management Forum, Federal Technology Policy Committee and, in 2021, she served as chair of the Real Property Operations Committee (RPOC), which manages the real estate holdings owned by NAR, reporting directly to the NAR President.  She’s a regular attendee of the NAR's national conference and a Golden R RPAC Hall of Fame member.

Active in her community, Carpenter has volunteered with the March of Dimes and American Cancer Society as well as the Columbia-Greene and Richmond County Special Olympics and is a current Board Member for New York Health & Hospitals: Sea View Community Advisory Board.

Carpenter is a member of the IREM Greater New York chapter.